Right, firstly Souey got us promoted, took us into europe twice and won a cup. Yes he made mistakes, but I thank him for the good times. Secondly, I don't anybody realises the task he actually faces at NUFC. First thing he did was sure up the absolutely pathetic defence by bringing in Boumson (class) and Babayaro (better than what they had). The midfield is full of too many ego players who hit each other if they don't get the ball passed to them. And as for strikers, he had an ageing Shearer, Kluivert who is just Dwight Yorke in disguise and Bellamy who wanted out and got his way out. A lot of people think, maybe because of recent history and their fan base, that nufc are automatically a top team, but fact is the team Bobby Robson left was pathetic. To be honest, you could compare Bobby Robson's nufc reign to Souness' Rovers reign. Great start, got relative success then went sour. I think the nufc defence when souness took over was carr, o'brien, bramble and hughes, now it's carr, bramble, boumsong, taylor/babayaro - much more solid. And as for Laurent Robert, he is one of the many lazy french footballers we've come to know with much more ego than talent. Give Souness time at nufc and i fear some of you doubters will be eating your words. Still delighted he went when he did though so we could get sparky

Well, I took Accy Stanley from Conference National to Premiership in about 6 or 7 seasons, and in 2012/13 season I won the league cup, yet at the end of the season I was still almost sacked because I finished 17th. 5 months down the line though I'm 2nd in league, just beaten Arsenal and Chelsea, so different feel to the place now my formation is: -------------------------------------goalkeeper--------------------------------------- right back, short run to mid------2 centre backs-----left back, short run to mid ---------------------------------holding midfielder------------------------------------ -----------------attacking midfielder-------defensive midfielder-------------------- att.mid right, short run to byeline----------------att.mid left, short run to byeline ------------------------------------target man------------------------------------------ Works a treat. I based it on a match i saw between NUFC and Palace last season, both teams looked solid and the 'wingers' can act as forwards and get goals themselves